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the government stopped us from doing that. we had to go to the courts to have rights returned to us. when it was returned to us, we were against filing criminal charges. the government, instead, put a tribunal in place, a tribunal with no legal authority to pass sentence or issue verdicts, and that tribunal still concluded that the order to assassinate them could have only come from the highest level of government. there was no one higher than her at the time. in the years that followed, they didn't do much to remove suspicion. sharif, who was, at that time, head of the intelligence bureau and reported directly to the officer of the prime minister was on the road that night, and he was inducted into the people's party central committee. last year, actually, as on the first pakistan day of president, awarded them, an national medal, to one of his co- accused in my father's murder case for services to the pakistani people. at the time that -- well, up until three years ago before he became president, standing trial in not just m
the government stopped us from doing that. we had to go to the courts to have rights returned to us. when it was returned to us, we were against filing criminal charges. the government, instead, put a tribunal in place, a tribunal with no legal authority to pass sentence or issue verdicts, and that tribunal still concluded that the order to assassinate them could have only come from the highest level of government. there was no one higher than her at the time. in the years that followed, they...
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his second book, government bullies. who are the boys? >> all throughout your government. forty-one different agencies who carry firearms alan the government. well, i don't mind the police of the fbi. well, the department of agriculture has a s.w.a.t. team. the fish and wildlife of the s.w.a.t. team. in fact, the official of life raided a gibson guitar with guns drawn , took all their keep -- computer equipment and not let them know what they were accused of for one year. when they finally accused them of something it was breaking it born regulation, a law in india there were accused of breaking and penalized in the u.s. for breaking a law in india. as the kind of stories we read about. >> outcome we have not heard about the before? >> some of then you have. one of them is the case of john and judy dollar right now selling bunnies and a little town. they were fined $90,000 for having the wrong permit. the government said you can pay on our website. $90,000. if you don't pay in 30 days euless $3 million. this is the kind of stuff that your government is doing to bully peopl
his second book, government bullies. who are the boys? >> all throughout your government. forty-one different agencies who carry firearms alan the government. well, i don't mind the police of the fbi. well, the department of agriculture has a s.w.a.t. team. the fish and wildlife of the s.w.a.t. team. in fact, the official of life raided a gibson guitar with guns drawn , took all their keep -- computer equipment and not let them know what they were accused of for one year. when they...
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>> one of those remarkable services that the government has designed and funded in order to do what our democracy needs to do and that is to be sure again everyone has that access to be well-informed citizens and to be able to fully participate in all the things that our democracy has to offer. .. and i'm going to jump in. i found this book in the middle of the atlantic ocean. six years ago, in we are newed d.a. i embarked on a sailing ship. the ssv. i would be at sea for three weeks. away from telephone, internet, and physical libraries. i was in the middle of research project on ben franklin that required know read material at french. i tried to revive my french by reading a novel. i chose a small book "around the world in 180 days qghts. first pub -- i slowly made my way through the book. my french was good enough i enjoyed the story and as a historian i appreciated the period detail. especially the nature of the bet that sends protagonist racing around the world. at the london club, he marks offhand edly that scheduled travel schedules could take a world around the 180 dares. they s
>> one of those remarkable services that the government has designed and funded in order to do what our democracy needs to do and that is to be sure again everyone has that access to be well-informed citizens and to be able to fully participate in all the things that our democracy has to offer. .. and i'm going to jump in. i found this book in the middle of the atlantic ocean. six years ago, in we are newed d.a. i embarked on a sailing ship. the ssv. i would be at sea for three weeks....
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what governments means. thank you. [applause] this too we are happy to take questions. >> do you believe the american people clearly understand what is at stake? we have tended to not focus i don't believe without quite pressure and clarity on what will happen if we continue. i have only seen one study myself of the various options for how the economy will react if, for example, we go to the window to raise more money, and simply fail without a sharp increase. that would be one scenario. another would be devotee of the suez canal crisis where i guess it was our own president eisenhower who informed anthony eden that if they didn't pull their troops out of suez when they landed to take over from the nationalization, we wouldn't roll over their debt. they left. i'm just not sure as i go from seminar to seminar that the fixed that this morning for example, there was no one sitting their like yourself or anyone else that says i am the person who represents the debt. the negative cost of new decisions, the costs always are
what governments means. thank you. [applause] this too we are happy to take questions. >> do you believe the american people clearly understand what is at stake? we have tended to not focus i don't believe without quite pressure and clarity on what will happen if we continue. i have only seen one study myself of the various options for how the economy will react if, for example, we go to the window to raise more money, and simply fail without a sharp increase. that would be one scenario....
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government could do and the government to government. it's how you build the nonproliferation norms in the society themselves. >> i'm going to ask a direct question because the non-proliferation i get that, it makes sense. we always on the government work better and be better coordinated but here's a direct question if anybody else knows the answer please, speegap. how much does the government spend annually? fighting, nonproliferation in the middle east, let's back up again. this is the sum of all fears, this is the middle east. it went through five or six examples when the post war period we've already seen the government in the attacks and thousands of people killed i don't think anybody in this room needs a lesson on the kind of regime and the kind of terrorist organizations that are in the middle east and that come out of the swamp that is the middle east and so i would assume as a layperson that we must be spending billions in fighting the middle east nonproliferation. actually i do not know because as i explained, they are so desp
government could do and the government to government. it's how you build the nonproliferation norms in the society themselves. >> i'm going to ask a direct question because the non-proliferation i get that, it makes sense. we always on the government work better and be better coordinated but here's a direct question if anybody else knows the answer please, speegap. how much does the government spend annually? fighting, nonproliferation in the middle east, let's back up again. this is the...
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than the iraqi government really wants. so i hope that, one, the drawdown from afghanistan is not precipitous of our troops, because it's clearly not what our military wants. and secondly, that we leave some group of, some deployment of our troops there. and one of the most important reasons to do that is the the message it sends to pakistan. conventional wisdom, you say it so much, you wonder if it's really true. well, of course some elements in their service support the taliban and other terrorist groups, because they're positioning themselves for the day which they know will come when we again leave. and they see, leave afghanistan, leave the region, and they see, um, iran coming in or to afghanistan but really india. so we have to convince them that by our only -- not by with words, by our decisions, that we're going to stay in there. >> we have to buy -- they have to buy the insurance policy from us, not the other guys. >> you got it. and, you know, beyond pakistan and beyond afghanistan, this whole area -- just look a
than the iraqi government really wants. so i hope that, one, the drawdown from afghanistan is not precipitous of our troops, because it's clearly not what our military wants. and secondly, that we leave some group of, some deployment of our troops there. and one of the most important reasons to do that is the the message it sends to pakistan. conventional wisdom, you say it so much, you wonder if it's really true. well, of course some elements in their service support the taliban and other...
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relative to negotiating by the federal government, it's the negotiation of the federal government to the pharmaceutical companies, so today there is actually a restriction of the federal government can't use the purchasing power to negotiate a bulk purchase to the pharmaceutical companies. it's really not to us as human newscast. it's the farm sought cal aspects of that. so when you -- your next question --'ll come back to that. what happened in mart d and actually president clinton referred to this in his speech at the democratic convention -- is actually bringing the cost of the pharmaceuticals down. what it's doing is similar to what i wag talking about relative to capitalistic competition. we did a joint venture just a few years ago with wal-mart. and we introduced a $15 a month drug plan. $15 a month. and the city thought we were crazy to do this, but what we did is we worked with wal-mart's purchasing power, wal-mart distribution capabilities capabd management and our ability to bring solutions to our members. and brought our product out. this his brought down the price of part
relative to negotiating by the federal government, it's the negotiation of the federal government to the pharmaceutical companies, so today there is actually a restriction of the federal government can't use the purchasing power to negotiate a bulk purchase to the pharmaceutical companies. it's really not to us as human newscast. it's the farm sought cal aspects of that. so when you -- your next question --'ll come back to that. what happened in mart d and actually president clinton referred to...
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this statesman of arizona expresses his philosophy of government and the obligation of government leaders this way: quote "we owe future generations the chance to live their dreams, to be successful, and, most important, to achieve true happiness by their own efforts." end quote. senator jon kyl's commitment to the security of our nation, to fiscal responsibility, and to helping those in need have earned him a reputation that is worthy of his characteristic. the people of arizona and america are grateful for his service, and i am thankful for his guidance over the years and for his friendship. we wish him all the best to come in the years before him. mr. president, there is one more tribute that i'd like to give this morning, if there is time remaining. could the chair inform me if we're under a time agreement? the presiding officer: the senator may proceed. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, in his 36 years of service in the senate, richard lugar has established a reputation as an extraordinary leader on such you shalls as issues as foreign relations, not security, ene
this statesman of arizona expresses his philosophy of government and the obligation of government leaders this way: quote "we owe future generations the chance to live their dreams, to be successful, and, most important, to achieve true happiness by their own efforts." end quote. senator jon kyl's commitment to the security of our nation, to fiscal responsibility, and to helping those in need have earned him a reputation that is worthy of his characteristic. the people of arizona and...
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, the central government would deliver resources to the north again with a government out in the lead and with the donors supporting. unfortunately, the pace of that was too slow and not very effective. another point moving forward i think is that we do need to concentrate on decentralization and making a connection between the government services and the individual what the community level. >> to build further on the comments about the resource base within the mali clearly there are difficult choices for the government there that are involved in the guns versus butter types of decisions, and every sourcing for the armed forces was insufficient relatively speaking to dhaka building a threat that they now face in aqim. i think in support to the military, the provided training and equipping for both many years now, but in a relatively modest quantities, and i don't think that level of resources and that is commensurate with the threat peter thinks the other lesson learned for us is to look beyond the tactical level of training that's provided by the department of defense to consider wha
, the central government would deliver resources to the north again with a government out in the lead and with the donors supporting. unfortunately, the pace of that was too slow and not very effective. another point moving forward i think is that we do need to concentrate on decentralization and making a connection between the government services and the individual what the community level. >> to build further on the comments about the resource base within the mali clearly there are...
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so there's a critical role for government here. we've seen it in the past, we'll find it in the future. but i think we also have to acknowledge there are problems here. there are problems in this chamber. as proud as i am of this institution, and i will forever be, i have detected over the 26 years i've been here a change. and it's happened kind of gradually, but it's clearly happened. we spend now too much of our time seeking partisan advantage. and it happens on both sides. and it's all understandable. i understand it. i'm not being critical of individuals. we spend too little time trying to solve problems. we spend too little time in our caucuses, in our meetings, focused on how to solve the problems facing the country. i deeply believe that this observation is true. and i believe we can do better than this. the institutions of our government have a proud history. the genius of our founding fathers can be found in every part of our history. whether it was conquering the last great fretion or winning world war i and world war ii
so there's a critical role for government here. we've seen it in the past, we'll find it in the future. but i think we also have to acknowledge there are problems here. there are problems in this chamber. as proud as i am of this institution, and i will forever be, i have detected over the 26 years i've been here a change. and it's happened kind of gradually, but it's clearly happened. we spend now too much of our time seeking partisan advantage. and it happens on both sides. and it's all...